Piano-bench.



P. RAY.-

PIANO BENCH.

APPLICATION FILED 1AN.29' 191?.v

Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

PAUL BAY, OF OHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS.

PIANO-BENCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

Application filed January 29, 1917. Serial No. 145,223.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL RAY, a citizen of the United States, residingat Cham gaign, in the county of' Champaign and tate of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements" in Piano-Benches; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same. This invention relates to new anduseful improvements in benches provided with adjustable seats and theprimary object of the invention is to provide a piano bench with a seatadapted to be positioned above the same and which is adjustablelongitudinally and vertically whereby it may be positioned directly infront of any part of the piano desired.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which is simple and durable in construction, inexpensive tomanufacture, and one which will be very efficient in operation.

In the accompanyingdrawings:

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my invention, parts being brokenaway and shown in section;

Fig. 2 is a top plan View of parts shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the plane of the line 33 of Fig.l; and

Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section taken on the plane of the line4-4: of Fig. 1.

In describing my invention I shall refer to the drawings in whichsimilar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views. The numeral 1 designates a piano bench of the usualtype which is provided with supporting legs 2, and which has in its top3 a longitudinally extendin slot 4.

Beneat the top of the bench and secured to the opposite sides of thesame are longitudinally extending rails 5 which extend substantially theentire length of the bench. These rails 5 are adapted to support amovable carriage 6 which is positioned in the bench 1 beneath the top 3.The movable carriage 6 is formed of a casting which includes a centralbody portion 7 having a vertical threaded "opening 8 therethrough. Thecentral body portion is provided with up wardly and outwardly extendingspider arms 9 which have their outer ends bent outwardly and disposedsubstantially. parallel with the opposite sides of the bench. These armsare four in number, two at each side of the body portion of thecarriage, and mounted in bearings in the ends of the arms are wheels 10which are adapted to engage the rails 5 on the opposite innersides ofthe upper portionof the bench. Positioned above the top 3 of the benchis a seat .11 which is preferably of the ordinary flat type such as arecommonly used for piano stools, and this seat is provided with adownwardly extending shank portion 12 which is externally threaded andwhich is adapted to project through the slot 4 in the top of the benchand to be positioned in and engage the threaded opening-8 through thebody of the carriage, which is disposed directly beneath this slot. Thisopening 8 in the carriage is in vertical alinement Wlth the slot so thatit is easy to place the seat in position and when so positioned the sameis vertically adjustable with respect to the carriage and consequentlythe bench.

In operation when the seat is positioned in the carriage as has beenhereinbefore described, it is obvious that said carriage is movablelongitudinally with respect-to the bench because of the carriage beingprovided with wheels on its opposite sides positioned'on the guide rails5 in the upper portionof the bench. This allows the seat to be moved toany desired position in "front of a piano, and furthermore owing tothevertical adjustment of the seat above described the same may beraisedand lowered according to the position desired by the player.

This type of adjustable seat need not necessarily be limited to a pianobench but is applicable for any number of uses. This constructionaffords a very economical and eflicient device having a seat that ishorizontally and vertically adjustable with respect to the support bywhich it is carried.

From the foregoing description of the construction and operation of myimproved piano bench, the manner of applyin the samev to use, and theoperation thereo? will be readily understood and it will be seen that Ihave provided a simple and efiicient device of this character forcarrying out the objects of the invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. A device of the class described provided with a bench having a topportion adapted to be used as a seat throughout the entire lengththereof, a relatively narrow longitudinally extending slot in said top,a carriage slidably mounted beneath said top, and a secondary seatdisposed above the bench and connected with the movable carriagc throughthe slot whereby the seat is movable longitudinally on said bench.

2. A device of the class described comprising a bench having a topportion adapted to be used as a seat throughout the entire lengththereof, a relatively narrow longitudinally extending slot in said top,longitudinally extending guide rails in said bench beneath the top, amovable carriage provided with wheels mounted on said rails, a secondaryseat disposed above said top of the bench and a downwardly extendingshank on said seat extending through the slot and into the carriage, andsaid shank being vertically adjustable with respect to said carriage.

3. A device of the class described comprising a bench having a topportion adapted to be used as a seat throughout the entire eases? lengththereof, a relatively narrow longitudinally extending slot in said toplongitudinally extending guide rails secured to the opposite sides ofthe bench beneath the top, a movable carriage including a central bodyportion positioned in the bench beneath the top and provided withupwardly and outwardly extending spider arms, wheels mounted in theextremities of said arms and adapted to engage the guide rails, saidbody of the carriage having a vertical opening therethrough disposed inalinement with the slot, a secondary seat disposed above the slot, and adownwardly extending shank on said seat extending through the slot andadjustably mounted in the opening in the body of the carriage.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

PAUL RAY.

Witnesses F. L. TEMPLETON, E. W. Esrns,

